VACANCY

Applications are being invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position of:

STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISOR

VACANCY: STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISOR

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Objective:

Accountable for the Jamaica & Bahamas Cluster financial reporting and co-development and execution of special projects at both corporate and operational levels with a view to enhancing the efficiencies and overall profitability of the company. The position is additionally accountable for identifying new business opportunities to be pursued.

Responsibility:

  • Leading the process of preparing the company’s strategic business plans.
  • Budget coordination and elaboration.
  • Identifying cost improvement initiatives that increase profitability and monitoring monthly results of projects being executed.
  • Preparing capital investment analysis, business cases for growth opportunities, and CAPEX execution follow-up.
  • Participate in regional strategic projects targeted to achieve improved strategic positioning and increase profitability, growth opportunity assessment and valuation.
  • Executing competitive analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses, monitor industry trends, and macroeconomic analysis.
  • Preparing financial reports consolidation.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Management and Project Management.
  • Accuracy in the financial calculations.
  • Numerical skills.
  • Communication skills.
  • Must be able to find and present improvement solutions to on-going business processes.
  • Constantly scanning the business horizon to discern trends and developments from which the company can extract business opportunities to be pursued.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including analysing key messages and conveying them in a clear, consistent, and meaningful ways.
  • Knowledge in business case and projects development.
  • Effective at multi-tasking, dealing with a wide range of challenges that are independent and distinct.
  • Excellent research skills.
  • Results oriented.
  • Adherence to deadlines and targets.
  • Planning, organization, and management skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Required Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in planning position, production, or finance.
  • Desirable business intelligence course.
  • Desirable master’s degree.

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Carib Cement) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by April 30, 2024, to:

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kingston, Jamaica.
Please send all resume and email to: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com

HEALTH AND SAFETY ANALYST

VACANCY: HEALTH AND SAFETY ANALYST

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Objective

Reporting to the Health & Safety Coordinator, this position is primarily accountable and responsible for the management of health and safety in the workplace with the aim of minimizing loss and liabilities arising from injury to person, and damage to property and environment. The Health & Safety Analyst must implement and manage the CEMEX Health & Safety Management System.

Main Responsibilities include:

Conduct Safety Inspections of Machinery and Personnel.

  • • Use check list that is location specific.
  • • Make notations, take pictures, send variances to the offending department, and conduct follow ups.

Perform EMS Monitoring

  • • Perform daily inspections of dust collectors and roadways.
  • • Complete appropriate forms and report variances to appropriate authority or in the daily production meetings.

Perform Daily Inspecting

  • • Inform relevant authority of status.
  • • Conduct on-going environmental education on safe practices.

Conduct Accident / Incident Investigation

  • • Collect accident/incident report from nurse, team leader, supervisor or affected person.
  • • Interview people and follow through on recommendations.

Issue Safety Gears

  • • After requests are made by employees, the system is scanned to ensure legitimacy.
  • • “Pick” on system or arrange for employee to receive requested item(s).

Conduct Monthly Audits of Essential Equipments

  • • Conveyors, guards, etc.
  • • Perform inspection of specified areas; prepare and submit report and follow up on recommendations.

Prepare HSE Newsletter, Weekly Updates, Monthly Reports and HSE Week.

  • • Draft HSE quarterly newsletter and submit for approval.
  • • Receive weekly HSE updates and carry out suggested corrective actions.
  • • Compile monthly figure (especially environmental) assessment coupled with actions(s) taken.

Develop Programs to Reduce Safety and Environmental Hazards

  • • Identify areas of improvement, arrange meetings with personnel, and implement updated programmes/projects.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

  • • BSc in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering or related field.
  • • Driver’s license.
  • • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
  • • Certificate in Safety Management desirable.
  • • Basic Knowledge of OSH Regulations desirable.
  • • Knowledge of Jamaica Industrial Safety and Environment Laws desirable.
  • • Excellent Supervisory/Leadership skills.
  • • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • • Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
  • • Ability to work both independently and within a team-based Safety.

Required Experience:

  • • One year minimum experience in similar position which include on-the-job training.

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Caribbean Cement Limited) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by April 26, 2024 to:

Talent Acquisition Analyst.
Please send email to: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com

MECHANICAL SUPERVISOR

VACANCY: MECHANICAL SUPERVISOR

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

OBJECTIVE:

Coordination and supervision on site for the installation and erection of mechanical equipment according to the project and the mechanical contractor assigned.

This individual will also track and report all activities according to the master schedule programme, coordinating and reporting of all activities to the construction manager on site and with the different supervisors of the company (civil, electrical and health & safety). This individual will also hold technical meetings internally and with the contractor on site for clarification and revision of priorities and schedule programmme, coordinating on-site technical services of main and auxiliary equipment and administration.

He/she will ensure the achievement of the main goals related to quality, cost, and time of the project, following specifications and standards in accordance with the local or international norms, and according to the engineering design, vendors documentation and manuals.

Responsibility:

  • • Involvement and collaboration with construction manager on site, electrical, civil, and health & safety supervisors to accomplish all the goals and activities according to the project schedule programme.
  • • Track and plan all human resources, technical clarifications, equipment, and materials from contractor on site.
  • • Following and controlling time and cost of the project assigned.
  • • Detect and inform on time any delay caused by interferences, wrong design, equipment defects, deficiencies, lack of manpower or lack of performance of the contractor on site.
  • • Supervision and leadership and teamwork in all areas and with the contractor on site to ensure application of all norms and standards and good practices in health and safety to reduce to zero all accidents,
  • • Ensure the environment around the project is in accordance to international standards and norms.
  • • Keeping on track with the accomplishment of quality management system for all mechanical works on site, writing, recording all mounting steps following all protocols required for manufacturing and installation.
  • • Checking certificates for materials and vendors, tracking and recording all protocols according to engineering design drawings and vendors specifications.
  • • Promoting collaboration practices and teamwork skills with all project team members to solve situations and problems while acting in a responsible way.
  • • Collaboration with engineering design department to solve any problem on time informing and asking authorization in case major changes required on site.
  • • Documentation in a record or logbook with the contractor on site all agreements and actions taken on site.
  • • Involving and full collaboration with the construction manager and all supervisors on site to plan and develop all activities during the complete project, detecting on time any deviation affecting the project and giving solutions to minimize effects in the project termination.
  • • Controlling and tracking contractors and company resources checking time on contractor progress reports to avoid economic problems for delays in document revisions to finalize the project in a timely and cost-effective manner.
  • • Inform and record in a official communication way (Logbook, official letters and official emails) all important activities, decisions and delays during project execution.
  • • Keeping on track all extraordinary costs not considered in the project budget and informing on time.
  • • Be part of the training programmes during the project’s execution.
  • • Modify the engineering documents on the site, as well as add the modifications that are seen on the site.
  • • Maintain all company equipment and tools under your responsibility in good condition, such as (cars, laptops, cell phones, etc.) used as part of the tools during the execution of the project.
  • • Must ensure good working relationships with team members.
  • • Inform the construction manager on site of all actions before taking any important decision.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

  • • Minimum of an associate degree in mechanical, electromechanical, or similar.
  • • Ability to work in a team (internal and external).
  • • Presentations skills.
  • • Self-motivated.
  • • Effective communication.
  • • General knowledge regarding Health and Safety in industrial environments
  • • Availability to work.
  • • Knowledge of AutoCAD and 3D modeling.

Required Experience:

  • • Minimum 3 years’ experience in similar projects (Cement, mining and petrochemical). M
  • • Pneumatic and Hydraulic experience.
  • • Engineering design drawings interpretations and vendor manuals.
  • • Experience in industrial equipment assembly.
Note: Temporary position of approximately 10 months

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Carib Cement) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by April 25, 2024 to:

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kingston, Jamaica.
Please send all resume and email to: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com

We thank all applicants for their expressions of interest. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.